A lot of interesting announcements this week. Not sure if they are all good, but they do provide a lot of good discussion topics.
Ip Man: Final Battle Begins Filming and the TV Show Gets Aid
Cast of the One Detective Revealed
JCVD Ready to Get Back into Bloodsport and Double Impact
It’s that time of the year again! The Action on Film festival is right around the corner, and they have announced the nominees for all categories. The list is pretty long (about 18 pages) so I took the liberty of sorting through them and finding the ones that you guys may be most interested in.
Here they are, in no particular order:
Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Feature
1. Sinners and Saints
2. El Testigo – The Witness
3. Cage Fight
4. Pirate Brothers
5. Ground and Pound
6. The Suppressor
Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Short
1. Red
2. Action Action
3. Steel Viper Force: Rise Fiero
4. A Fistful of Sandwich
5. Omega Squad: Resolute
6. Passive Fist
Best Fight Choreography – Feature
1. Double Duty
2. The Last Cry
3. El Testigo – The Witness
4. Cage Fight
5. America’s Next Superwoman Action Diva
6. The Lackey
Best Fight Choreography – Short
1. Ground and Pound
2. Dalibor 2-Rivals
3. Guns for Hire
4. Men In Suits
5. All-In
6. Crows Zero Bloody Rumble
Breakout Action Star – Male – Feature
1. Johnny Strong – Sinners and Saints
2. Alain Vo – The Last Cry
3. El Testigo – Jose Manuel
4. Guillermo Willy Ramos – Cage Fight
5. Robin Shou – Pirate Brothers
6. Verdy Bhawanta – Pirate Brothers
Breakout Action Star – Male – Short
1. Kely McÇlung – Passive Fist
2. Adam Kilbourn – Action Action
3. Robert Parham -Toxin
4. Stuart Bender – The Argentinian Escape
5. Rav Zen Valdenegro – Taxi Wallah
6. Steve Gagne – Con Game
Breakout Action Star – Female – Short
1. Trisity Cameron- Abduction
2. Jesse Graff – Slug Street Scrappers
3. Shana Dahan – Action Action
4. Mary Nelson – Descensus
5. Evelyn Lesaca- Guns for Hire
6. Deborah Muller – Anaphora
Male Action Performer of the Year
1. Johnny Strong – Sinners and Saints
2. Rob Pralgo – Zombie Invasion
3. Guillermo Willy Ramos – Cage Fight
4. Eddie Bravo – Bravo and Company
5. Steve Gagne – Con Game
6. Tyler Williams – All In
Female Action Performer of the Year
1. Mimi Lesseos – Double Duty
2. Naomi Karpati – Agent Provacateur
3. Trisity Cameron – Abduction
4. Sarah May Jewell – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
5. Amy Johnston – Men In Suits
6. Mickey Facchinello – Men In Suits
Action Film of the Year – Feature
1. Sinners and Saints
2. Double Duty
3. El Testigo
4. Zombie Invasion
5. Six String Samurai
6. Pirate Brothers
Best Action Short of the Year
1. Ground and Pound
2. Guns for Hire
3. Crows Zero: Bloody Rumble
4. Men In Suits
5. Mayhem
6. Hot Rob
Best Produced Screenplay – Feature
1. The Medic
2. Fear Eats The Seoul
3. Surviving Family
4. Firefall – An Epic Family Adventure
5. El Testigo
6. The Lackey
The list is still pretty long, but I want to take a few minutes to highlight some of the nominees. Here are some of the shorts and trailers for films that were nominated:
Crows Zero Bloody High School Rumble
I’d love to go in-depth about everyone, but this post is already getting pretty long. I want to say congrats to Amy Johnston, Mickey Facchinello, Vladislav Rimburg, Jose Manuel, Tyler Williams, and EMC Monkeys, just to name a few. I know that I’ve got a lot of videos to catch up on, but I’ll have more news for you guys soon!
Check out all the nominations here
Congrats and best of luck to everyone that got nominated!
